Slides - Åbo Akademi
Slides - Åbo Akademi
Slides - Åbo Akademi
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Series Systems<br />
Such a configuration that failure of any system component causes<br />
failure of the entire system<br />
For a series system that consists N (independent) components the<br />
overall system failure rate is<br />
λ =<br />
N∑<br />
i=1<br />
λ i<br />
and, consequently,<br />
N∏<br />
R(t) = R i (t)<br />
i=1